Otto August Jonischkeit

Dec 20, 2024

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Roll Call #: 5767
Surname: Jonischkeit
Given Name: Otto August
AKA Surname: Janischkeit
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Empire German
Place of origin: Konigsbery, East Prussia
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Marital status: Married
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Year of marriage: 1900
Month of marriage: 4
Spouse: Virus, Anna Therese
Place of birth: Königsberg/Preußen, Preußen
Year of birth: Abt 1876
Month of birth: 8
Place of death: Amherst, NS
Year of death: 1916
Month of death: 7
Place of burial: Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, ON
Occupation: Engineer
Religion: Protestant
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Additional information: COD: wood alcohol poisoning. Next of Kin: Anna Janischkeit, Kongisbery, East Prussia. Relative advised of his death by Senior Warrant Officer F. Bruderle, P/W #670 Amherst Internment Camp, Amherst, N.S. Effects: clothing, etc retained at Amherst, N.S. List on File 4082 Ottawa, Ont. Cash Credit: nil. Working Credit: nil. $11.50 in debt to Internment Operations for Canteen. Orginally buried in Highland Cemetery in Amherst, NS. Son of Eduard and Wilhelmine Konischkeit. Originally interned in Jamaica.
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Internments

POW # from RCF: 646
Internment camp from RCF: Amherst
Internment dates from RCF: ? - 1916-Jul-17

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☆ Library and Archives Canada; War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death; Box: 278; Otto Jonischkeit.
☆ Sterberegister der Berliner Standesämter 1874-1920. Digital images. Landesarchiv, Berlin, Deutschland. Ancestry.com. Berlin, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
☆ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. Death records. www.novascotiagenealogy.com. District No. 1, Amherst, County of Cumberland, No. 1453. Otto Janischkeit.
☆ ICRC Historical Archives. Prisoners of the First World War, 1914-1918. 104th List of German Prisoners of War – Outside Europe and Egypt. Appendix III – Deaths.
☆ ICRC Historical Archives. Prisoners of the First World War, 1914-1918. 17th List of German Prisoners of War. Prisoners of War Interned Outside of the United Kingdon or France.
☆ ICRC Historical Archives. Prisoners of the First World War, 1914-1918. Prisoner Index Card. Otto Jonischkeit.
☆ Zivilstandsregister, 1874–1945. Digital images. Landesarchiv, Berlin, Deutschland. Ancestry.com. Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
☆ Heiratsregister der Berliner Standesämter 1874 – 1920. Digital images. Landesarchiv, Berlin, Deutschland. Ancestry.com. Berlin, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
☆ Library and Archives Canada, Department of Justice fonds, RG 13, “Numbered central registry files”, volume 219, file 1918-216. Department of External Affairs – Reciprocity with Germany as to giving particulars regarding violent deaths of prisoners of war. Reports of Death of Prisoners of War. 1918-Feb-01. Otto Jonischkeit.
☆ ICRC Historical Archives. Prisoners of the First World War, 1914-1918. List No. 254 of German Prisoners of War. Prisoners of War Interned Outside Europe and Egypt. Appendix V – Particulars of Burial of Desceased Prisoners of War.

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Amherst